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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-3524 Detail

Description

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libdbus itself: "we do not support use of libdbus in setuid binaries that do not sanitize their environment before their first call into libdbus."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00015.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1261.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/50537 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50544 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/50710 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://stealth.openwall.net/null/dzug.c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21323 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:070 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/10/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55517 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1576-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1576-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847402 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3524
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.